Farms and Farm Machinery

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Just when you think you have the ideal machine with everything you need, somewhere, someone is designing and incorporating something new that you didn’t even realise you needed.

Manitou has been building machinery at its factory in France since 1958, and building telehandlers specifically since 1981.

I got to check out a newly released Manitou MLT 737 – 130 PS+ Elite model at a farm in Canterbury thanks to Rob Fuller from AB Equipment.

Manitou is distributed across Australia by groups including AFGRI, Vanderfield, FRM, VinRowe, Jungheinrich and more.

ENGINE

Power for the Manitou comes from the reliable and commonly used four-cylinder 3.6-litre

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